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New this update: Latest NBC News House projections on House; Mary Bono Mack and Fortney "Pete" Stark defeated in California; Allen West refuses to concede in Florida.
Updated at 1:08 p.m. ET, Nov. 7: Democrats continued to chip away at the Republican advantage in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but the GOP was certain to retain a solid grip on the lower house of Congress.
At 1 p.m. ET, NBC News projected a 231-191 Republican advantage in the House, with 13 races still undecided. The projection indicated that the final balance was expected to be 237 seats for the Republicans vs. 198 for the Democrats.
If the projection hold, it would meant that Republicans would have a slightly diminished majority from the 240-190 edge that Republican enjoyed entering the election (five House seats were vacant -- two formerly GOP-held and three Democratic seats).
The House’s Republican leaders saw the results as support from the electorate for their strong stance against increasing taxes, even for the wealthiest Americans.
Speaking at the RNC election night headquarters, House Speaker John Boehner says the renewing of House Republican majority shows "that there is no mandate for raising tax rates."
“The American people want solutions, and tonight they responded by renewing our House Republican majority,” House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who ran unopposed in his re-election bid, declared Tuesday night. "With this vote, the American people have also made clear that there’s no mandate for raising tax rates. What Americans want are solutions that will ease the burdens on small businesses, bring jobs home and let our economy grow."
“Just as in 2010, our House Republican candidates listened to the American people and rejected the Democrats' tax-and-spend agenda that threatens the American Dream,” added Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
In Wisconsin, Rep. Paul Ryan, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate, won re-election to his seat. In a statement Wednesday, he said he would return to Congress after spending some time with his family.
"I am immensely proud of the campaign we ran, and I remain grateful to Gov. Romney for the honor of being his running mate," he said. "I look forward to spending some time with my family in the coming days and then continuing my responsibilities as chairman of the House Budget Committee and representative of Wisconsin's First Congressional District."
Also re-elected was Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in California.
President Barack Obama won re-election and Democrats were projected to retain control of the Senate, meaning that the president would have to confront a still-divided Congress in his second term.
Among the House races that were being closely watched either because they were in bellwether districts or because the candidates had instant name recognition:
Minnesota
6th District: Former GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann eked out a narrow victory over Democratic hotel businessman Jim Graves. Bachmann heavily outspent her opponent, and in her fundraising emails she has called the campaign the toughest of her life. The results backed that up. Final totals show she beat Graves by fewer than 4,000 votes out of more than 356,000 cast. See results
Tea party favorite Michelle Bachmann wins tight race in Minnesota
Florida
18th District: Freshman Republican Rep. Allen West, a former Army lieutenant colonel and prominent face of the tea party, apparently lost an extremely tight race to Democrat Patrick Murphy, a 29-year-old construction executive and political neophyte. West, who garnered headlines for insisting Obama is a Muslim and charging that scores of congressional Democrats are communists, finished about 2,500 votes behind Murphy with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. But his campaign manager, Tim Edson, said Wednesday the candidate was not conceding:
"This race is far from decided and there is no rush to declare an outcome," Politico quoted Edson as saying. "Ensuring a fair and accurate counting of all ballots is of the utmost importance. There are still tens of thousands of absentee ballots to be counted in Palm Beach County and potential provisional ballots across the district."
The contest was believed to be one of the most expensive House races in history: The two sides had raised nearly $21 million as of Oct. 17, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, and super PACs supporting the candidates poured in millions more. See results
Democrats projected to maintain control of Senate
Pennsylvania
12th District: In a high-spending race that helped solidify the GOP’s control in the House, Republican Keith Rothfus, an attorney and a political newcomer, upset incumbent Democratic Rep. Mark Critz, by a 52-48 margin. Critz called Rothfus and conceded shortly before 11:30 p.m. Critz won this western Pennsylvania seat in a May 2010 special election after the death of longtime Democratic Congressman John Murtha, for whom Critz worked. The campaign has been flooded with $9.9 million in spending by outside groups, more than any other House race in the nation, according to The Associated Press. See results
Complete politics coverage from NBC News
Iowa
4th District: Five-term incumbent and outspoken conservative Republican stalwart Rep. Steve King defeated Democrat Christie Vilsack, wife of former Iowa governor and current U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. King had never faced a serious challenge in the heavily Republican area, but the post-Census addition of Ames made the district less conservative. With 98 percent of the votes counted, King held a 53-45 advantage. See results
California
15th District: The dean of California's congressional delegation, Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark, 80, was defeated by Republican Eric Swalwell, 31, a Dublin councilman and Alameda County prosecutor, 53 percent to 47 percent, in the redistricted 15th District. Stark was first elected to the House in 1973. See results
36th District: GOP Rep. Mary Bono Mack was an apparent loser to emergency room physician Raul Ruiz in the newly redistricted 36th, with 49 percent of the vote to Ruiz's 51 percent. Bono Mack has held the seat since 1998, when she won a special election to replace her late husband, Sonny Bono, half of the singing duo Sonny and Cher. Sonny Bono was killed in a skiing accident earlier that year in South Lake Tahoe. After redistricting, registered Democrats outnumbered Republican voters in the 36th, forcing Bono Mack to compete in a "blue" district for the first time. Bono Mack’s husband, Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., also lost his Senate race in Florida to favored Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. See results
Joy and sorrow: Web reacts to President Obama's re-election
Also in the running
In one of the day’s more unusual House races, Republican Kerry Bentivolio, a reindeer farmer and Santa Claus impersonator, handily beat Democrat Syed Taj, a physician, in Michigan’s 11th District, according to NBC News projections. The race became wide open after Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, a five-term Republican, resigned in July after failing to produce enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Not faring as well was VoteForEddie.com, a 32-year-old college Florida student who legally changed his name. VoteForEddie.com, running as an Independent, finished a distant third in Florida’s 25th District, garnering about 8 percent of the vote.
Behind the numbers
Republicans, running on a promise to shrink government and roll back unpopular federal policies and proposals, took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010, picking up a whopping 63 seats in the midterm elections. Republicans said the landslide victory was a referendum on Obama's and the then-incumbent party's performance.
The 2012 elections were the first using new redistricting maps drawn up after the 2010 Census. Every 10 years, states redraw their congressional-seat boundaries, and redistricting favored Republicans in many areas this time around. Some moderate Democrats decided to retire rather than seek re-election in Republican-leaning districts.
“Democrats couldn't have picked a worse year to suffer horrific losses up and down the ballot than 2010,” wrote David Wasserman in the Cook Political Report. “In effect, the GOP won the right to draw much of the political map for the next 10 years."
More election coverage from NBCNews.com:
- Obama wins re-election; Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin prove pivotal
- Democrats retain control of Senate with series of hard-fought wins
- Rape remarks sink two Republican Senate hopefuls
- In costliest-ever Senate race, Warren beats Brown for Mass. seat
- Maine's Harley-riding King vowed to 'shake up' D.C.
- Republicans easily maintain control of House
- Colorado, Washington approve recreational marijuana use
- Pence in as governor of Indiana; Hassan wins in N.H.
- Majority of voters see American on wrong track
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The cost of this campaign was $2B. The Democrats decided to defend the Senate. To defend both the Senate and the House was prohibitive both in costs and time.
Kick GOP rascals out of the House -
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kick out Michelle Barkman
Kick out Eric Kan'tor
Kick out Paul Ryan
Kick out Johnless Boner
There was no one running against Boehner why?
Yeah? Who's got filibuster power? Who has veto power? Repubs lost House seats, so their power is diminished.
What happened to your Senate majority?
Sorry for the gloat.
So it's almost going to be "status quo," with the 13 obstructionist republicans from January 20, 2009, and President Obama for 4 more years?
On January 20, 2009 Republican Leaders in Congress plotted to sabotage and undermine U.S. Economy during President Obama's Inauguration:
The Guest List:
Frank Luntz - GOP Minister of Propaganda
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) YOUR WANNABE VP!!
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA),
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX),
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX),
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA),
Sen. Jim DeMint (SC-R),
Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ-R),
Sen. Tom Coburn (OK-R),
Sen. John Ensign (NV-R) and
Sen. Bob Corker (TN-R).
Plus other red-neck racist McConnell:
McConnell's SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL GOAL, along WITH EVERY ACTIVE REPUBLICAN IN THE COUNTRY!!
Because he paid them to stay away, thereby keeping him in control?
OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!
The way they (Boehner and the Repubs) have bugged the hell out of the American people, they should really be disturbed...
These Repubs are the single cause of all our issues folks...they just dont give a damn about the average folks...They are the party of NO, the party of me, me, me....what a shame!
So happy for that Elizabeth Warren folks, good to have that little lady representing hardworking people in Massachussetts!!!
Congratulations B.O
PS: If the Repubs get in the way, just run over them...
Now get back to work!!!
$850 million from our corporate shadow "citizens"!
Here's how it goes. Obama is in. The Senate is Dem. CONGRESS, PULL IT OUT.....NOW! Republicans will either wake up and cooperate or they can get their buts kicked out in two years.
For those of you who might be inclined to suggest that this election changed NOTHING, clinging as you do to hate and fear, consider this: Importantly, tonight Barack Obama was elected President of the United States of America, to serve through 2016.
Of equal importance, tonight Hillary Clinton was also elected President of the United States, to serve from 2016 through 2024...and there is no force on earth, none, which can preclude her ascendency.
Whatismore, tonight the Supreme Court began its unstoppable march toward progressivism. By the time Hillary departs the Oval Office, the Court will be a youthful Center-Left province, perhaps 6-3.
Sadly, it has become clear that the modern Republican Party no longer has a future at the national level, or at least for as long as they continue to ostracize the voices of compromise and moderation within their own ranks.
For the most part, with the possible exception of Ted Cruz and perhaps one or two others, those Tea Party candidates who didn't lose outright won by the slimmest of margins. Bachmann and West will likely go down within the hour.
Tonight, a majority of voters across the American political landscape chose Barack Obama and the Democrat agenda. The President won both the popular vote AND the Electoral College. The President's Senate majority increased. The Republican Party failed to expand its majority in the House.
This win was as decisive as it was overwhelming.
This election changed EVERYTHING.
Congratulations. I am glad because now there is no where to hide. It is time to put up or shut up Dem's. You won't have anyone to blame it on now. Get rid of the obstructionist Reid in the senate is your best bet. If things don't improve in the next four years there won't be another Democrat elected for a generation if you don't. And now we will see the full impact of Obamacare and so will the country. Hope you are ready for the U.S. to see what you are really about, I know I am.
We still got congress to blame. My congratulations to Obama/Biden! Now we need to work to get rid of the tea party.
Republicans know that if they don't hold the line we will fire them and next time put in people more willing to ensure the dems don't make a bigger mess than they already have.
A few of the most insane tea nuts, West and Walsh, are gone. Perhaps a few others will get the message and Crying Speaker Tan Man will be able to show at least a semblance of leadership.
Republicans lose seats and see this as a mandate to not compromise or raise revenue? Good luck with that.
Our elected officials are well aware that to bend to the dem ideology to turn this into a welfare state that is broke is a) a really bad idea and b) will cost them their jobs.
This is The NEXT Job for Prez O. PUT a HuuuGGGEE Enema into the House Of Reptiles on Crapital Hill And FLUSHOUT the republicanAristocratSewage; then Maybe, JUST Maybe, file a complaint with the Justice Dept on the republicanCrimecartelOilIndustrySoldiers for Price Fixing And Price Gouging. After all, the American Oil Industry Vampires are Sucking ALL that AMERICAN Crude Out Of American Taxpayer OWNED Drilling Fields, which they were "Awarded" by these RepublicanRollOvers Like THE BONER and then sold it to china and india and tied $4.00P/G to the World Market Speculators. CHANGE WE DEMAND!!!! C'mon Prez O, We put You back into the WhiteHouse, NOW DON'T LET US Down!!!!! OooH, and F#*CK The DONALD, He's getting senile......
That's what you libs have been saying for months. Didn't happen now and won't happen in two years. Tell the Senate to act on the budget proposals that it receives from the House.
The shocking part was not the senate not the President. With a only a couple of exceptions, the tea party guys won reelection. I know many hate the tea guys. The tea guys hate the prez right back at ya... so hating someone you didn't vote for wont change a thing. Enought liked them or their blockage enough to reseat them.
I'm not sure what that is a mandate to do, but its clear its not a mandate to compromise.
If folks in those districts wanted compromise, they would have thrown them out. So whether you wanted status quo or big change, you're getting status quo for two more years.
Then the people will speak once again - perhaps then with more clarity.
If Boneher and his repukes in the House are still going to do what they did since 2009 ( except say only one term for Obama) nothing will change.
Makes no difference what bills the House passes..still has to pass the Senate too!
I just wish the Dems had put a little more effort into the Bachmann race.
Only 4000 votes out of almost 400,000! I know it's cold in MN this time of year, but just a little more door-knocking....
See you in 2 years, House GOP'ers.
I don't see any articles harping on the fact that Florida refuses to declare the winner. It's a disgrace to those in Democratic districts that were forced to endure six hours in line in an attempt to suppress their vote not to have their voice heard that President Obama won Florida.
This refusal to announce President Obama the winner is just another attempt to disenfranchise these voters in the future and to make them feel that they do not count and will not count. We should be discussing this.
You might feel that it's not important because the election has already been decided but you are wrong. This is another tactic of voter suppression so these people will not turn out for the next election. It's deliberate and wrong.
This costs too much and people who can raise this kind of money to hold an office do not have anything in common with me or my life. No wonder I don't feel any of them represent me. I am really glad both parties have secured their power base. I was afraid I would spend a few years without getting screwed. I am hoping Ryan gets elected so that I can have four years of him bitching about the size of government while I help provide income and benefits for him, his wife and family.
Well put... those guys and girls have no links to the real world..... they complain that they cannot live on $125,000 or whatever.... they should try it on $50,000..... might wake them up.... and also with lousy medical insurance..... did you ever notice that they ones who complain the most about Obamacare are the ones with Gold Plated policies?
Kevin
You try to live in NYC on 125,000 per year. That is MIDDLE CLASS in NYC!
slodon
Um, 125k is a middle class income. Remember the middle class is the class between the workers and the wealthy. Most professionals (Doctors, lawyers, accountants, small business owners, etc...) are in the middle class.
You might notice that the workers, the "working class", real income started shrinking when someone convinced them that they were "middle class" and they began actively voting against their interests.
Enough said.
Good God, I made $8,000.00 last year, full time. and ya'll are bitchin' about $125,000.00. I could live the rest of my life on that much money.
The GOP/TeaBeggers in their "House Of Hoodlum's" are still driving in poltical circles in their "Clown Cars." They only have one economic gear on their 'special' Clown Cars." That would be reverse America! On Janruary 20, 2009 the Tea Begger "Conspriators' of the GOP have planned it this way. On Janruary 20, 2009 a huge GOP/RNC "Conspiracy" took place. The Tea Beggers of the GOP/RNC need to be voted out of the US Senate and House of Representatives tonight America. Read about the GOP/RNC "Caucus Conspiracy" Ameirca! Then get out and vote!
Spew all the verbal diarrhea you want you laughable lib, the House is under Republican control and you and your liberal ilk will get nothing through - sorry libbies.
Kind of like right now, the 14 republican obstructionist from January 20, 2009, are still there, they will continue to undermind America's returning Veterans by not signing the Veterans Job Bill, by not producing jobs in America as they claimed they would if President Obama extended the Bush era tax cuts for the wealthy, he extended them, and the republicans continued to obstruct anything this President tried.
This time America will open it's eyes and see, it's not Obama, it's those useless, selfish, racist republicans in congress, the 14 obstructionist.
OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!
@DrMan - That mind set is one of the main reasons we are still in the situation we are in. What's surprising to me is Congress has the lowest approval rating in history and they still hold the house? It's going to be more of the same from the lame duck congress.
Just remember what you said DrMan. You can't bitch about nothing getting done with "YOUR" representatives are hindering anything positive happening for society. You can't have it both ways. You can't bitch about nothing getting done and do everything in your power to stop anything from getting done. I just wish they would all just put the country first instead of the corporate lobbyists greed and personal agenda. When will America wake up from this train wreck?!?!?
This is exactly why Obama couldn't get anything done..the retarded REPUKS in the HOUSE were mad a Democrat ( black one even ) was elected president and their mission was to make sure he wasn't elected a second term. Well folks you see now how much the repukes know...100% nothing!
If they continue to act like babies, and refuse to make sacrifices for the good of compromise, they will eventually vote themselves out of office. I would expect nothing more from them, they are - for the most part - zealots and egotistical attention whores. Completely out of touch.
Looks like NBCNEWS is behind the times. Fox has the Electoral College vote at 78 For Obama and 88 for Romney. And I thought Fox viewers were uninformed!!
Dewey defeats Truman
GOODBYE TEABAGGERS. Florida is going down for Obama next, he is going to take Orange County and Hillsborough.
You teabaggers who told us you were leaving the US if Obama was re elected need to start packing. Don't let the door hit you in the ass!
Sorry libbies - even if you keep the White House and the Senate, there is a brick wall preventing you from pushing through your agenda. I honestly don't even care if Obama wins because with the House under Republican control, he'll get about as much done the next two years as he did the previous two years.
With an approval rating of 13%,I'm trying to figure out why most of the republican and democrat congressmen and women where reelected..Tell you a lot about the American voter...
And in two years people will show, with their vote, that they have had enough of the grand obstructionist party. What I am waiting for is the implosion of the party from the inside out.
WOW THAT'S your answer? America can suck it if Repubs don't get what they want? That's the best you can do? You are aware there's another election in 2 years? 6 years of stealing paychecks and not doing any work gets you fired.
Have you ever heard of government by executive order dopey? You lost! Get over it. You got your head handed to you. That GOP house is going to get squeezed and jammed this time around by relentless pressure from the President and a reformed filibuster process in the Senate. Plus the President will stay in election mode this time around, through 2014 to get his agenda through and the Bohner gang out! And Oh yeah; the Supreme Court is safe from your GOP goons now for a long time. Payback is a beitch isn't it?!
But hey: you get to keep Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh. You can even join their brigade and storm the gates of the WHitehouse. Just don't look for either as you get clobbered. Both cowards will be predictably hiding in the rear.
CT Senate race..Linda Mac-horn spent almost $70 million in her two attempts but lost again tonight to democrat Chris Murphy.
Also, Liz Warren beat republican senator Brown from Ma....
That's because all he wants to do is raise taxes. Try being in a decent part of California, can barely do it on $150k a year. Glad to see we will be ale to keep big government from taking even more.
One thing that's been reported is the the house picked up a number of Tea Baggers..Bad for Obama,if reelected and bad for Flipper Willard,who out of convenience became a moderate..Will Flipper Mitt flip back to his primary days?
Lets face it, he doesn't win this it won't matter because we all know Hillary is gonna run in 2016 with quite possibly Colin Powell as a running mate. Even as a Republican I know that is an unbeatable ticket.
Congress would be wise to pay attention to what this nation is saying!
Republicans need to stop obstucting and start doing things that make
progress move forward not backward for this nation! We are not going to tolerate anthing else
What do you think the democrats and Obama are going to do?The deficit is at record levels , and the country is more polarized than any time in its history.This President needs to humble himself before the masses ,and get the country moving again.No more bailouts or stimulus money or spending,but new ideas and a new beginning for the country is what is needed .I don't give a dam about his legacy,we need solutions.
maybe you slept through the last four years. ? Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey!!
"The deficit is at record levels"
The misinformed have been blaming Obama for GW Bush's unfunded spending on two wars in the mid east, Medicare Advantage, and tax cuts for the rich. So subtract about $3 trillion from what you think Obama spent.
Obama explained in Feb 2009, that he was putting Bush's spending on the books. The NY Times covered this.
And Obama spent money on the stimulus to save the economy from complete collapse, as almost every economist agreed with. And which Romney advocated. It probably should have been bigger.
And, None of the above is figured in to the following numbers.
Republican National Debt: $12 Trillion and Counting
from zFacts
Total Republican debt from above: $9.5 trillion
*Interest on Reagan-Bush debt under Clinton: $2.2 trillion
*Interest on $11.7 trillion after G. W. Bush: $0.3 trillion
*Grand Total Reagan-Bushes Debt: $12 trillion (as of Sept. 30, 2010).
If the Republicans had not run up this $12 Trillion debt, we could easily have pulled out of the Great Recession
{from Zfacts dot com}
This campaign was filled with small and mostly meaningless "talking points". The idea that one man or even one party will be able to stand up to the economic storm that is brewing is fallacious. I don't care if the wonderboy with supernatural whitie tighties had been elected. The results would be remarkably similar. Can anyone hear that sucking noise. That is the Europe slowly (but gaining momentum) going down the tubes. Europe, at best, is faced with a decade of economic and therefore, social turmoil. Gee, I wonder what our largest export market is. Welcome to the fragile side of globalization. From a governance standpoint, if this country can not decide to stop serving the party, and start serving the people ( yea, when someone is elected their constituency includes even those who voted against them), what will assuredly be a bad situation, will be much worse.
It looks as if the Republicans are ready and willing to lose the House, by continuing to be obstructionists..
So who will be the first to step to the plate and try to stop this mess from going over the fiscal cliff? I guess we are overdue for another true Great Depression. This will make 2008 look like a bump in the road. Let's see what the stock market does when we go into sequestration. Actually let's see what the Market will be doing tomorrow. Many large corporations have already set their budgets for Obama's second term. Most will be more than willing to pay the penalty/tax before they will enact Obama-Care. These corporations will be around long after this and the next two election cycles. If they weren't going to offer medical insurance to begin with, why does anybody think a tax would force them to operate differently? It would still be cheaper than the overhead to provide the infrastructure for Health Insurance.
Now the States and Federal Government will be trying to support Obama-Care. Raise taxes all you want. Until jobs return your tax base won't grow. Politicians and it seems the newer generations have always struggles with simple math.
California will be the first State in the Union to declare bankruptcy. What little is left of large corporations in California will now be moving out by the end of the Year. Tumbleweeds and Lizards will be the only survivors out here. Happy Trails to you...
BO is the President elected and Dem
the Senate is Dem
the house is Rep
how is this possible??
a house divided???
Thankfully the Republicans still have the house. This will make it much harder for Obama to push his dumb ideas that are nothing but a waste of money and help no one. Sad that he has another 4 years to mess things up more because he has no idea what he's doing.
With Obama's win, the politics of division and racism have been rejected on a National level.
But the Republicans keeping control of the House shows that hatred still persists in very specific areas of our country.
This election proved the division of race. Look at voting numbers from Blacks, Latino and Asians... Or, do they just know something the rest of the US don't?
This is GREAT news. At least no bills will pass to the Senate that don't reduce taxes, create jobs, reduce the deficit, and that allow people to sit around with their hands out for freebies.
Oh well, 4 more years of NOTHING getting done. Perhaps it would be better to just divide the country up the way it voted. It has only been 150 years since the Civil War and we are even more divided now than ever.
I have also decided to hang onto my money since things will probably be getting much tougher here and will not be donating to help the vicitims of Sandy. Let them ask Mr. Obama for help. Good luck with finding that money....lol.
Exactly. That's why we need to reject Republican racist campaigns and end their divisive politics.
The Civil War is over. WE won.
Where do you people get your ideas... look at the voting numbers by race...
So tell me when will enough be enough? 18 tril? 20 tril? You people ever ask yourself where that money is going to come from?
It's like you believe that we can do what we want, rack up trillions of debt, and not have to answer for it... ?? If anyone is standing in the way of government spending, that is a GOOD thing...
Maintaining the status-quo is not a mandate, not to revise the tax code - it is simply the blind allegiance of an aging, less diverse voter base. Couple this with the Senate Re-pubs own greed to hang on to what they steal in all forms allows them to disillusion themselves into a mandate from the people. I am sure that Himmler and Goebbels, felt the same way about their mandate.
"The House’s Republican leaders saw the results as support from the electorate for their strong stance against increasing taxes, even for the wealthiest Americans." This statement is not only a lie, it contradicts MSNBC`s own polls, ALL of which, on the question of raising taxes on the rich NEVER sink below 60% and most are much closer to 80%. The fact is that the majority of people think the rich pay far too little.
But then again, poor people dont own network news stations either.
Though I'm thrilled by President Obama's re-election, I am left with a feeling of horror and disgust by the fact that the Republicans have maintained their majority in the House, thereby extending the stalemate on Capitol Hill. Since every seat in the House was up for re-election this year, how does it happen that the same voters who re-elected the President by a decisive margin perpetuated the sorry state of affairs in the House? Ironically, the House of Representatives was created, way back when, in order to make the American system more democratic at a time when Senators were not elected by popular vote. Over the years, GOP-controlled state legislatures in the "red" states have gerrymandered congressional districts in order to ensure a Republican majority in the House, thereby defeating the original reason for which it was created. Now, the vermin are still in control of the cheese factory. Disgusting!
The Republicans are disturbed enough already!! Glad to see West go. Others better thing about their next election, could be the end of them too since they have done nothing and are planning to continue the same pattern in the next four years! Ryan wants to run for President next time....well, he better hope he's reelected in two years and actually DOES something. He's a proven loser, why run him. The Republican "message" was plain and clear and THAT was why they lost!! God bless President Obama!
The GOP has admitted they failed in their mission, but have promised now to make Obama a 2 only term president!
well you may get to smoke your weed but you cant buy it if you dont have a job dumb asses. ohh but wait since Obutthead is the wellfare president im sure he will create a new entitilement for the well fare dead beats.The american dream is DEAD .If you go to work now your just stupid sit, on your ass and wait for the gov handout you will end up living bettter ;and just for kicks have about 5or so kids you cant feed .The Ignorant poeple with jobs will keep them up for 18yrs .them send them to college and let gov force evryone else to pay for it . and while the are there well provide condoms and free pot while they are there . And maybe the unfortunate kids whos parents are stupid enough to work will be able to work for the other people they sent to college. Death To America hahhaahahahahah( sooner than you think)
Well said Dwayne Flynn, you are one of the few here who sees the truth. As far as the rest of you free loading lib a s s h oles, you are stupid as pig sh it, I'm putting you all on ignore and done with reading your ignorant comments. F u c k you bunch of a s s h o l e s.
@Dwayne and J.c. You sound like the bitter losers you are. You lost, you follow a false god, you two are the sheep that keep the GOP from winning. How do you like them apples?
J.C.-1016889, you are suspended for a day for violating rule # 1 of the Code of Honor.